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January 14 2012

9:45 PM

Tadd Fujikawa starts the third round of the Sony Open
in Hawaii just five shots off the lead.

By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM

HONOLULU -- As Tadd Fujikawa walked down the first fairway in
Saturday's third round, a young girl in a pink shirt, sitting atop
her father's shoulders, yelled out, "Go, Tadd!" Fujikawa, despite
having had to hit a provisional shot off the No. 1 tee after his
first one sailed to the right, replied with a big smile and an
enthusiastic wave.

The 21-year-old Fujikawa is clearly enjoying the moment in front
of his hometown fans at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He started his
round at 5 under, tied for 17th and hoping to produce the same kind
of magic he did in 2009 when he shot a third-round 62 at
Waialae.

"Hopefully I can shoot another 62," Fujikawa said on Friday
after shooting a 4-under 66 to move him up the leaderboard. "That
would be great. But I just want to go out there and enjoy myself
... don't stress myself out over anything, just have fun, go play
my game and see what happens."

This is Fujikawa's fifth start in his hometown event. As a
16-year-old amateur in 2007, he made the cut – the youngest
player in 50 years to make a cut at a PGA TOUR event -- and
finished tied for 20th . In 2009, he finished tied for 32nd. He's
missed the cut on two other occasions.

Now he's older, wiser and obviously playing for money now. A
great weekend could jumpstart his career.

He certainly plans to feed off the energy from the large gallery
that will follow him.

"Obviously I always enjoy playing here,” he said,
“and I’m very blessed and thankful to everyone that
supported me and helped me get into this event."